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Friday, December 14, 2018

(National Federation of Federal Employees)

Federal
employees are on the menu again as political
posturing overtakes good governing. The
latest battle between the White House and both
parties in Congress may lead to a partial
government shutdown on Saturday, December 21,
if no funding resolution is passed and signed
into law. Departments and agencies
affected by the partial shutdown include DOT,
HUD, USDA, Interior, State, Treasury, Commerce,
Homeland Security and Justice, as well as other
independent agencies.

Since 2011,
federal workers have sacrificed upwards of $200
billion toward deficit reduction, mostly
through years of pay freezes and pension cuts.
Government employees have also experienced
furlough days and job insecurity in recent
years—under constant threat of shutdowns and
sequestration—including the 2013 government
shutdown that cost taxpayers more than $24
billion. Despite these huge sacrifices,
hundreds of thousands of federal workers are,
once again, facing furloughs due to no fault of
their own. To add insult to injury, the current
threat comes during the holiday
season.